# 2023 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election

The 2023 election to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council was scheduled and held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.
It returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

## Election results

Causeway Coast and Glens District Council Election Result 2023 :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| | DUP | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 32.50 | 27.02 | 15,041 | 3.33 |
| | Sinn Féin | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 30.00 | 30.82 | 17,161 | 8.66 |
| | Alliance | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12.50 | 9.74 | 5,425 | 1.73 |
| | UUP | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10.00 | 12.67 | 7,055 | 2.59 |
| | SDLP | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7.50 | 4.98 | 2,774 | 4.27 |
| | TUV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.00 | 4.77 | 2,657 | 0.47 |
| | PUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | 1.82 | 1,016 | 1.29 |
| | Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.84 | 2,696 | 0.81 |
| | Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.24 | 1,248 | 0.28 |
| | Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 354 | 0.01 |
| | People Before Profit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 247 | New |
| Total | Total | 40 | | | | | | 55,674 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the 2023 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election by district :
| District Electoral Area (DEA) | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total cllrs |
| District Electoral Area (DEA) | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Alliance | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | TUV | TUV | PUP | PUP | Independents and others | Independents and others | | Total cllrs |
| Ballymoney | 34.58 | 2 1 | 25.21 | 2 | 8.83 | 1 1 | 16.98 | 1 1 | 2.87 | 0 | 9.98 | 1 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.55 | 0 | 7 |
| Bann | 24.06 | 2 | 27.02 | 2 1 | 7.24 | 0 | 19.48 | 1 | 2.19 | 0 1 | 5.76 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 14.25 | 0 | 5 |
| Benbradagh | 15.68 | 1 | 58.80 | 3 | 4.49 | 0 | 7.64 | 0 | 5.62 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7.77 | 0 | 5 |
| Causeway | 34.53 | 3 | 8.11 | 0 | 15.80 | 2 1 | 15.90 | 1 1 | 5.11 | 0 1 | 9.84 | 1 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 10.70 | 0 | 7 |
| Coleraine | 33.62 | 2 | 11.61 | 1 1 | 12.81 | 1 | 9.75 | 1 | 4.45 | 0 1 | 4.59 | 0 | 13.74 | 1 | 9.43 | 0 | 6 |
| Limavady | 32.90 | 2 1 | 29.85 | 1 | 9.07 | 1 1 | 8.47 | 0 | 7.35 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 12.37 | 0 | 5 |
| The Glens | 12.27 | 1 1 | 58.67 | 3 1 | 9.52 | 0 | 7.62 | 0 1 | 8.47 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3.44 | 0 1 | 5 |
| Total | 27.02 | 13 1 | 30.82 | 12 3 | 9.74 | 5 3 | 12.67 | 4 4 | 4.98 | 3 3 | 4.77 | 2 2 | 1.82 | 1 | 8.16 | 0 1 | 40 |

## District results
### Ballymoney

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Alliance and TUV gain from DUP and UUP
Ballymoney - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Mervyn Storey* | 17.84% | 1,779 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciarán McQuillan* | 13.24% | 1,320 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Darryl Wilson* ‡ | 12.59% | 1,255 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Leanne Peacock* | 11.97% | 1,194 | 1,195.50 | 1,259.50 | | | | |
| | DUP | Ivor Wallace* ‡ | 8.10% | 808 | 1,123.60 | 1,126.60 | 1,248.60 | | | |
| | Alliance | Lee Kane | 8.83% | 880 | 881.50 | 903.80 | 1,233.20 | 1,300.30 | | |
| | TUV | Jonathan McAuley | 9.98% | 995 | 1,025.30 | 1,030.30 | 1,134.40 | 1,134.70 | 1,139.20 | 1,139.20 |
| | DUP | Alan McLean* | 8.64% | 861 | 1,020.30 | 1,022.60 | 1,115.30 | 1,115.60 | 1,118.30 | 1,121.30 |
| | UUP | Tom McKeown* | 4.39% | 438 | 459.00 | 463.00 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Caitlin Bond | 2.87% | 286 | 286.30 | 314.30 | | | | |
| | Independent | Cathal McLaughlin | 1.55% | 155 | 155.60 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,117 Valid: 9,971 (55.04%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,247 Turnout: 10,090 (55.69%) |||||||||||

### Bann

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Bann - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Bateson* | 16.13% | 1,277 | 1,312.00 | 1,450.00 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Michelle Knight-McQuillan* | 13.31% | 1,054 | 1,054.00 | 1,057.00 | 1,160.00 | 1,160.00 | 1,183.00 | 1,523.00 | |
| | DUP | Dawn Huggins | 10.75% | 851 | 853.00 | 856.00 | 985.00 | 985.00 | 1,009.00 | 1,144.00 | 1,283.50 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciarán Archibald | 10.89% | 862 | 898.00 | 1,006.00 | 1,006.00 | 1,122.00 | 1,258.00 | 1,272.00 | 1,272.62 |
| | UUP | Richard Holmes* | 9.88% | 782 | 788.00 | 793.00 | 889.00 | 889.00 | 1,009.00 | 1,200.00 | 1,238.44 |
| | UUP | Andrew Kerr | 9.60% | 760 | 768.00 | 770.00 | 815.00 | 815.00 | 964.00 | 1,042.00 | 1,064.32 |
| | Independent | Adrian McQuillan* | 8.85% | 701 | 715.00 | 724.00 | 789.00 | 791.00 | 883.00 | | |
| | Alliance | Joe Hutchinson | 7.24% | 573 | 693.00 | 746.00 | 755.00 | 766.00 | | | |
| | TUV | William Craig | 5.76% | 456 | 461.00 | 463.00 | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Gemma Brolly | 4.24% | 336 | 364.00 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Ryan Barkley | 2.19% | 173 | | | | | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Jen McCahon | 1.16% | 92 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,347 Valid: 7,917 (59.32%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,320 Turnout: 7,987 (59.84%) ||||||||||||

### Benbradagh

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: No change
Benbradagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean McGlinchey* | 24.04% | 1,888 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Dermot Nicholl* | 19.84% | 1,558 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Kathleen McGurk* | 14.92% | 1,172 | 1,640.00 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Edgar Scott* | 15.68% | 1,231 | 1,231.00 | 1,231.30 | 1,231.57 | 1,256.38 | 1,755.38 | |
| | SDLP | Michael Coyle | 5.62% | 441 | 461.70 | 549.60 | 710.52 | 991.86 | 1,067.60 | 1,187.60 |
| | Aontú | Liam McElhinney | 6.29% | 494 | 546.20 | 645.80 | 690.08 | 805.25 | 812.25 | 825.25 |
| | UUP | Robert Carmichael | 7.64% | 600 | 600.00 | 601.20 | 601.47 | 659.94 | | |
| | Alliance | Christine Turner | 4.49% | 353 | 360.20 | 389.00 | 420.86 | | | |
| | Independent | Niall Murphy | 1.48% | 116 | 131.60 | 169.40 | 180.20 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,317 Valid: 7,853 (58.97%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,309 Turnout: 7,903 (59.34%) |||||||||||

### Causeway

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV
2019–2023 Change: Alliance and TUV gain from UUP and SDLP
Causeway - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | DUP | Mark Fielding* | 14.81% | 1,305 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Peter McCully | 10.49% | 924 | 925.35 | 1,022.35 | 1,068.65 | 1,165.65 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Sandra Hunter* | 9.00% | 793 | 802.90 | 818.05 | 830.05 | 880.05 | 880.76 | 888.62 | 1,335.62 | | |
| | DUP | John McAuley* | 9.76% | 860 | 992.15 | 995.45 | 1,003.60 | 1,032.20 | 1,032.91 | 1,034.06 | 1,072.91 | 1,142.60 | |
| | Alliance | Richard Stewart | 5.31% | 468 | 468.90 | 489.90 | 538.20 | 599.20 | 649.61 | 936.29 | 1,021.59 | 1,111.98 | |
| | TUV | Allister Kyle | 9.84% | 867 | 886.50 | 888.65 | 898.80 | 936.25 | 936.25 | 940.25 | 992.90 | 1,037.06 | 1,038.86 |
| | DUP | Sharon McKillop* | 9.96% | 878 | 899.00 | 900.15 | 909.45 | 925.60 | 925.60 | 929.60 | 963.20 | 992.18 | 1,030.43 |
| | Sinn Féin | Emma Thompson | 8.11% | 715 | 715.00 | 732.00 | 751.00 | 767.00 | 767.71 | 937.71 | 945.71 | 945.71 | 945.71 |
| | UUP | Barry Torrens | 6.90% | 608 | 613.70 | 625.70 | 663.85 | 738.60 | 739.61 | 766.31 | | | |
| | SDLP | Paul Shevlin | 5.11% | 450 | 450.30 | 491.30 | 530.30 | 562.30 | 572.24 | | | | |
| | Independent | David Alexander | 4.02% | 354 | 355.80 | 375.80 | 476.95 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Angela Mulholland* | 3.71% | 327 | 328.50 | 353.65 | | | | | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Mark Coulson | 2.97% | 262 | 263.05 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,620 Valid: 8,811 (50.01%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,102 Turnout: 8,908 (50.55%) ||||||||||||||

### Coleraine

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Coleraine - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | DUP | Philip Anderson* | 18.79% | 1,389 | | | | | | | | | |
| | PUP | Russell Watton* | 13.74% | 1,016 | 1,055.12 | 1,066.12 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Yvonne Boyle* | 12.81% | 947 | 952.04 | 1,041.04 | 1,049.04 | 1,220.04 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Niamh Archibald | 11.61% | 858 | 858.72 | 892.96 | 894.96 | 1,023.96 | 1,035.68 | 1,117.68 | | | |
| | UUP | John Wisener | 9.75% | 721 | 730.84 | 739.84 | 799.00 | 815.00 | 1,019.32 | 1,046.32 | 1,067.32 | | |
| | DUP | Tanya Stirling | 5.97% | 441 | 623.40 | 629.64 | 747.40 | 757.64 | 907.80 | 908.80 | 910.80 | 913.80 | 913.80 |
| | DUP | Adele Tomb | 8.86% | 655 | 714.04 | 721.04 | 805.40 | 809.64 | 901.08 | 901.08 | 904.08 | 907.08 | 910.08 |
| | Independent | George Duddy* | 6.09% | 450 | 470.40 | 487.64 | 553.08 | 566.32 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Helen Maher | 4.45% | 329 | 330.20 | 380.20 | 383.20 | | | | | | |
| | TUV | Michael Sweeney | 4.59% | 339 | 351.72 | 358.44 | | | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Amy Merron | 3.34% | 247 | 248.44 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,874 Valid: 7,392 (43.81%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,057 Turnout: 7,489 (44.38%) ||||||||||||||

### Limavady

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Limavady - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brenda Chivers* | 29.85% | 1,800 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Steven Callaghan* | 16.75% | 1,010 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Ashleen Schenning* | 7.35% | 443 | 974.84 | 1,049.84 | | | | |
| | DUP | Aaron Callan* | 8.22% | 496 | 496.48 | 505.48 | 506.48 | 906.96 | 1,068.96 | |
| | Alliance | Amy Mairs | 9.07% | 547 | 674.20 | 754.56 | 789.56 | 794.56 | 914.40 | 931.65 |
| | Independent | James McCorkell* | 9.32% | 562 | 567.28 | 594.56 | 597.56 | 649.56 | 850.56 | 895.41 |
| | UUP | Barry Crawford | 8.47% | 511 | 513.40 | 522.76 | 523.76 | 541.76 | | |
| | DUP | Jordan Wallace | 7.93% | 478 | 479.92 | 485.92 | 485.92 | | | |
| | Aontú | John Boyle | 2.54% | 153 | 269.64 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Billy Stewart | 0.51% | 31 | 32.92 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,615 Valid: 6,031 (51.92%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,006 Turnout: 6,081 (52.35%) |||||||||||

### The Glens

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from UUP and Independent
The Glens - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Cara McShane* | 24.85% | 1,913 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Oliver McMullan* | 18.99% | 1,462 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mairghéad Watson | 14.83% | 1,142 | 1,578.92 | | | | |
| | DUP | Bill Kennedy | 12.27% | 945 | 947.31 | 949.29 | 953.62 | 1,384.62 | |
| | SDLP | Margaret Anne McKillop* | 8.47% | 652 | 755.29 | 922.93 | 1,102.92 | 1,135.58 | 1,273.90 |
| | Alliance | Glenise Morgan | 9.52% | 733 | 789.10 | 848.17 | 898.05 | 982.03 | 1,016.99 |
| | UUP | Wesley Craig | 7.62% | 587 | 590.30 | 590.63 | 597.96 | | |
| | Aontú | John Robbin | 3.44% | 265 | 285.46 | 335.62 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,178 Valid: 7,699 (58.42%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,284 Turnout: 7,799 (59.18%) ||||||||||

## Changes during the term
### ‡ Changes in affiliation

| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| 10 May 2024 | Ballymoney | Ivor Wallace | DUP | Independent | Left the DUP after being disappointed with the recent direction of the party. |
| 31 December 2024 | Ballymoney | Darryl Wilson | UUP | Independent | Left the UUP following "much reflection, particularly after a challenging yet enlightening year in 2024. |
| 20 January 2025 | Ballymoney | Darryl Wilson | Independent | DUP | Joined the DUP |